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kontrola

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Czech

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Kontrolle.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈkontrola]
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    Noun

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    kontrola f

    1. inspection (the act of examining something, often closely)
      mít pod kontrolouto have under control
      dostat pod kontroluto get under control
      získat kontrolu nad územímto gain control over the territory
      provést kontroluto conduct a check
    2. feature (in orienteering)

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    Polish

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from French contrôle.[1][2] First attested in 1787.[3] Compare Silesian kōntrola.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /kɔnˈtrɔ.la/
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      • Rhymes: -ɔla
      • Syllabification: kon‧tro‧la

      Noun

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      kontrola f (related adjective kontrolny)

      1. inspection (act of examining something, often closely)
        1. check-up (inspection at a doctor or mechanic)
      2. (colloquial) control (authority or institution)

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      Descendants

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      • Kashubian: kòntrola

      Trivia

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      According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kontrola is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 37 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 75 times, making it the 858th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

      References

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      1. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “kontrola”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
      2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “kontrola”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
      3. ^ Gazety wilenskie (in Polish), number 22, 2 June 1787, page 4
      4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “kontrola”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 193

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      Serbo-Croatian

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /kontrǒːla/
      • Hyphenation: kon‧tro‧la

      Noun

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      kontróla f (Cyrillic spelling контро́ла)

      1. control
      2. inspection (authority)

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      Declension of kontrola
      singular plural
      nominative kontrola kontrole
      genitive kontrole kontrola
      dative kontroli kontrolama
      accusative kontrolu kontrole
      vocative kontrolo kontrole
      locative kontroli kontrolama
      instrumental kontrolom kontrolama